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Robin Givens Speaks Out On Rihanna

By Danielle Cheesman October 12, 2009 1:00 pm

Robin Givens / Mike Tyson

From the looks of the preview for “Oprah,” Mike Tyson admits that he abused former wife Robin Givens during their 1980s marriage.

The 44-year-old actress is speaking out on how her painful experience has allowed her to relate to Rihanna.

“It is so difficult to balance celebrity, being young and having this huge responsibility. I was a baby. So I understand the pressure that Rihanna feels to speak out, especially when that camera is on you. You do need time to figure your life out. I do feel that if she speaks out about it people will listen to her. But she is young and I can imagine the pain and the confusion she is going through. She has every right to take all the time she needs. It is very confusing because of what we do [perform], you feel that your life belongs to a lot of people but your life belongs to you.”

About Mike Tyson’s interview with Oprah:

“I will not be watching. I am going to be taking my oldest son and 10 of his friends on a cruise to the Bahamas.”

Watch the infamous clip from the couple’s 1988 joint interview on “20/20″ in which Givens impulsively exposes Tyson’s abusive behavior. She also described her life as”torture, pure hell, worse than anything I could possibly imagine” and claimed Tyson was “manic depressive.”

VIDEO: Mike Tyson On Oprah (Preview)

Robin Givens Sued By The IRS


TAGS: Mike Tyson, Oprah, rihanna, Robin Givens
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  • realbeing
    realbeing
    11-17-2009 12:19 pm

    why is it that Opray derives joys in abusing people in the name of talk show?

    that was the same thing she did during the crises in Nigeria Stock Exchange Scam, saying that since Aliko Dangote was involved that means all Nigerians are corrupt.

    Opray u re a losser and a basket mouth

  • chantizi
    chantizi
    11-16-2009 3:59 pm

    i truly detest ignorance. all of you who are on here rationalizing abuse- be it for stupidity, money, or whatever…you should really seek wisdom…or better yet help. Because truth be told, we all make questionable decisions, but in no way shape or from does that rationalize anyone’s decision to lay hands on you…me…robin..or rihanna. PERIOD! get it together people. We are adults…when something goes wrong we need to work it out through counseling…prayer…communicating…with words…not with fists. peace and blessings people.

  • momono3
    momono3
    10-13-2009 12:51 am

    I think her momma had a lot to do with this. Remember Robin saying that her sister Stephanie, her momma and her were a ‘package’.? Remember her saying people wondered what she was doing with a man like Mike? It was like she thought she was above him. And yes it was like she was just ‘gold digging him. But sometimes a good azz whipping will make you re-think yourself. You live and you learn. Not saying Mike was without fault because life whipped his azz, but God loves him too. I say Robin momma was the gold digger. You don’t just marry one of them, you marry all of them.

  • trisha_369
    trisha_369
    10-13-2009 12:29 am

    QUESTION FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO SAY OR THINK BAD OF MY FIRST OPINION-IF YOU GOT YOUR A$$ BEAT LIKE ROBIN WANT YOU TO BELIEVE,WHY TAKE HALF OF HIS MONEY-SHE DIDN’T MAKE? (WHEN SHE CLAIM TO HAVE HER OWN)TINA DIDN’T TAKE NOTHING BUT,HER NAME. I MEAN FOR REAL WHY WOULD YOU WANT MONEY FROM A MAN WHO BEAT THE SH*T OUT YOU WHO MADED YOU FEEL LESS THAN DIRT? WHY NOT WALK AWAY FREE OF HIM AND HIS MONEY? NO IM NOT SAYING HE DIDN’T HIT HER-IM JUST SAYING ITS MORE TO IT. I KNOW AS FOR ME-I WOULD NOT HAVE WANTED SH*T FROM HIM…BUT MY LAST NAME BACK. THATS JUST MY OPINION-SO DON’T THROW STONES AT MY OPINION BECAUSE-I WILL THROW THEM BACK.

  • Da_J_Rok
    Da_J_Rok
    10-12-2009 9:37 pm

    Actually Liquid there was a White guy although I dont know his name, but yeah, he bit da dust too

  • LIQUIDSENSATIONS662
    LIQUIDSENSATIONS662
    10-12-2009 9:26 pm

    Robin Givens was NOT a GOLD DIGGER, i’m pretty sure if she was a gold digger it would’nt have stopped at mike tyson, a gold digger will continue to be a gold digger. It wouldn’t have stopped at one person and i have’nt known her to be (so call) gold diggin on anyone else since him…be for real!!

  • Poetic_Assasin
    Poetic_Assasin
    10-12-2009 8:14 pm

    Robin had her own money going into the relationship with Mike, and plenty of it,so i do not feel that anybody should call her a gold digger. The man was a professional boxer and he abused her, hitting her like she was one of his opponents and not the woman he stood under god’s eyes and promised to CHARISH. You can not put a price tag on the pain that she suffered at his hands, and if this had happened to your mother, sister, Aunt, (or you, ladies), then you would be more sympathetic. Being judged is what caused her to have a break downand have to take time out from the lime light, and now she is back and is impowering women and young girls who are going through the same thing. Why hate on her?
    Obviouslly, she was telling the truth. If Mike was as innocent as everybody chooses to think, then he would not be going through the constant string of bad luck that has plagued him for nearly two decades: first his mind, then his career (i dare not say his daughter, because i don’t believe that God works that way) but kharma is a bytch! His illiterate behind was so worried about his wife getting his money, just because she urged him not to trust some people that had been in his circle for years, and now that he is at his low point, those same people probably dont even come check on him. I’m sure Don King cut all ties once his career ended.

  • LaDawnThEGreaT1
    LaDawnThEGreaT1
    10-12-2009 8:09 pm

    so she wait damn near a year after it happened to say something.. get a fuccin grip… both of them has moved on with their lives…gosh!!! leave the past in the past.. she doin a new video, song, album.. hell i dont know and chris doin whatever he doin, pickin up trash or whateva… who gives a fucc

  • TMAC_35000
    TMAC_35000
    10-12-2009 7:14 pm

    Robin had to get back in the spotlite even if for just 5 min.

  • SylkySyl
    SylkySyl
    10-12-2009 5:26 pm

    i am so tired of hearing people beat down on robin givens cause she has all his money. she deserve every last dime she got!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO ONE DESERVSE THAT ABUSIVE. MAKIN SOMEONE FEEL LOWER THAN LOW IS TERRIBLE. SHE IS A SURVIVER

  • CamuiMS
    CamuiMS
    10-12-2009 5:10 pm

    you commenters are trash (excluding ladywild) .
    even though i think you’re lower than sh1t, i hope no one ever abuses you.

  • Zarza3223
    Zarza3223
    10-12-2009 5:05 pm

    This is why her career went down hill!!!!

    gold diggn broad!!!

  • RocaBlunt_Man
    RocaBlunt_Man
    10-12-2009 3:34 pm

    That gold digger,……..see all gold diggers (see Kelis) don’t know thier future,…they have the kids, then die alone. Not even knowing that all that money that they get, goes right back into the system, where it came from, through taxes and bills. She and Don King might as well as gotten married!

  • trisha_369
    trisha_369
    10-12-2009 3:34 pm

    THATS SOME BULLSH*T…GIVE HER WHAT-TIPS ON HOW TO GET MONEY SHE DIDN’T MAKE. I GOT TO GO ED LOVER ON THIS ONE (COME ON SON GET THE FU*K OUT OF HERE.)SLMAO AT THESE ONE.

  • ladywild
    ladywild
    10-12-2009 1:26 pm

    Mike Tyson on OPRAH?!?!?!

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